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1. One millionth of a gram.
4. Type genus of Agaricaceae.
12. (Babylonian) The sky god.
15. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
16. Either of two yellow to red retinal pigments formed from Rhodopsin by the action of light.
17. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
18. A resident of Kansas.
20. One skilled in caring for the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician).
21. The sign language used in the United States.
22. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
23. In a manner differing from the usual or expected.
25. Port city in the United Arab Emirates on the Persian Gulf.
27. In bed.
29. A lake in northwestern Russia.
31. A female actor.
34. Unnecessary and unwarranted.
38. A traditional Japanese system of unarmed combat.
40. English essayist (1775-1834).
41. (law) A defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question.
45. The cry made by sheep.
46. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
48. The molecular weight of a substance expressed in grams.
49. Brown or blackish Alpine mosses having a dehiscent capsule with 4 longitudinal slits.
51. Having a play of lustrous rainbow-like colors.
54. A bachelor's degree in religion.
56. A port city in southern Kenya on a coral island in a bay of the Indian Ocean.
60. Plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits.
64. Not dispatched or transmitted.
66. A hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head.
67. North American bluebirds.
68. A member of the Nahuatl people who established an empire in Mexico that was overthrown by Cortes in 1519.
71. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
72. Ratio of the adjacent side to the hypotenuse.
73. Of or relating to or involved the practice of aiding the memory.
75. United States architect (born in China in 1917).
76. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
77. An arm of the Mediterranean between Slovenia and Croatia and Montenegro and Albania on the east and Italy on the west.
78. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
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1. Powerful mackerel shark of the Atlantic and Pacific.
2. A sudden very loud noise.
3. A self-replicating protein molecule that occupies a fixed place on a chromosome.
4. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
5. Of or relating to or characteristic of Genoa or its inhabitants.
6. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
7. The tissue forming the hard outer layer of e.g. a fruit.
8. Used to manufacture fructose and in assessing kidney function.
9. A genus of birds of the family Alcedinidae.
10. A transuranic element that has not been found in nature.
11. (of the more skilled contestants) Selectively arranged in the draw for position a tournament so that they meet each other in later rounds.
12. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
13. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
14. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
19. Scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians.
24. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
26. Lacking leadership.
28. A stupid mistake.
30. A master's degree in education.
32. A drug (trade names Calan and Isoptin) used as an oral or parenteral calcium blocker in cases of hypertension or congestive heart failure or angina or migraine.
33. The cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one.
35. Fragrant resin obtain from trees of the family Burseraceae and used as incense.
36. Genus including stone parsley.
37. A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River.
39. A small cake leavened with yeast.
42. English monk and scholar (672-735).
43. Garlic mayonnaise.
44. Similar to the giraffe but smaller with much shorter neck and stripe on the legs.
47. A place where taxis park while awaiting customers.
50. Used by northerners of Confederate soldiers.
52. Ancient city southeast of Naples that was buried by a volcanic eruption from Vesuvius.
53. Plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves.
55. Any external parasitic organism (as fleas).
57. Edible bulb of an onion plant.
58. Small shrubby African tree having compound leaves and racemes of small fragrant green flowers.
59. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious.
61. A town in southwestern Idaho.
62. A river of central Italy.
63. A song that was formerly popular.
65. The language of the nomadic Lapp people in northern Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula.
69. Explosive consisting of a yellow crystalline compound that is a flammable toxic derivative of toluene.
70. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
74. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
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